Based on a comparison of 25 countries in 2012, Latvia ranked the highest in smokers as a share of of 15+ year-old population with 33.7% followed by France and Belarus. On the other end of the scale was Sweden with 13.1%, Iceland with 13.8% and USA with 14.8%.
| Smokers (As % of 15+ Year-Old Population) | Unit | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
| Belarus | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||||
| Denmark | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 16.9% | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||||||
| Estonia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 21.3% | ... | 17.2% | ... | 17.9% | ... | ||||||||
| France | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 29.4% | 26.9% | 25.4% | 24.0% | 25.5% | ... | |||||||||
| Israel | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | 19.6% | 16.9% | ... | 16.4% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||
| Italy | % | ... | 20.0% | 19.9% | 19.2% | 18.6% | 18.8% | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Japan | % | 18.3% | 17.7% | 17.8% | 16.7% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Latvia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 22.6% | ... | ... | ... | |||||||
| Mexico | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6.40% | 7.60% | 7.70% | ... | 7.40% | ... | ||||||||
| Netherlands | % | 18.0% | 16.8% | 15.5% | 15.4% | 14.4% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| South Korea | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | 18.4% | 17.5% | 17.5% | 16.4% | 15.9% | ... | |||||||||||
| Spain | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 22.1% | ... | ... | 19.8% | ... | ... | |||||
| Turkey | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 26.5% | ... | ... | 28.0% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||
| Ukraine | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||||
| United Kingdom | % | 16.1% | 16.8% | 16.6% | 15.8% | 14.5% | ... |
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